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WIND WHEEL.

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HENRY G. HUTOHINSON, OF KINGMAN, KANSAS.

WIND-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,282, dated February 8, J 887.

Application filed OGtOberflS, 1886. Serial No. 217,144. (No model.)

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to wind-wheels of that class known as horizontal windwheels, and its obj ect is to provide mechanism by which the shaft may be driven in any desired direction without regard to the direction in which the wind may be blowing.

To this end the novelty consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in thelclaims. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is a vertical central section, and Fig. 3 is a plan View, of a wind-wheel provided with my improvements.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A indicates the posts, and A the cross-beams, of the supporting frame or tower,-which may be of any desired size or material. Near the corners of the tower I provide the braces a,which are secured to the meeting cross-beams, as

shown most clearly in Fig. 3. The vertical valves or windows B are journaled between the upper and lower oross-beams, A, and the upper and lower corner-braces, a, by means of the pivot-pins 0. They are connected one with another, so as to be operated simultaneously, by means of the rods b, which extend around the entire series of valves and engage lips 13*, extending from projections B on each valve.

diagonal beams, d, secured to the upper ends of the posts A.

, Above and below the vanes G, I provide a series of horizontal valves or windows,E,whic11 are journaled in the tubes D and in the beams A and braces a, by means of pivot-pins 1'. These horizontal valves or windows are provided with projections e, and are all connected by rods E,which engage these projections in order that the valves may be operated simultaneously.

A rotating post, F, is supported at one side of the tower by and between two beams, F, which are secured upon the diagonal beams d d, and extend past thetower, as clearly shown. The rotating post F has cross-trees G secured to it near its upper and lower ends, as shown, and these cross-trees are connected with the valves or windows by means of rods 9, and

thereby serve to open and close the same in bent lovers are connected by rods or links 71 to a lever, I, which is pivoted to a suitable sup- .port, I, and is provided with a lug which engages the notches in a curved rack-bar, J, also secured to support I. The pivot of the lever I is between the angle-levers H, and the opposite ends of the cross-trees are consequently moved in opposite directions when the lever I is operated, as will be readily understood.

The operation of my device is simple, and will be readily'appreciated. When the lever I is at the central notch of the rack J, as shown in the drawings, the valves will all be closed, and the wheel will consequently be at rest. By raising or lowering the lever I the valves will be opened and turned so as to defiect the wing to either the right or left side of the vanes, and consequentlyturn the shaft in whichever direction it may be desired to drive it.

Having thus described myiuventiomwhat I provided with cross-trees, rods connecting the claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, cross-trees with the windows, and mechanism, is substantially as described, for rotating the I 5 1. The combination, with the windwheel, post and crosstrees whereby the windows are 5 of a series of vertical windows, a series of operated.

horizontal windows above and below the ver In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in tical windows, and mechanism, substantially presence of two witnesses. as described for simultaneous] o )eratin all I Y T the windows: a Y 1 b HENRY o. HUTOHILSOL. 1o 2. The combination, with the wind-wheel, XVitnesscs:

of the vertical and horizontal windows, a ro- J. F. BURKET, tatable post to one side of the wind-wheel} L. K. MILLER. 

